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pn.st.Hl to tiiul an egg, ]H^iiei'tIy foniunl, 

 within the ont' I broke. The ejjjj i.s 

 iihno.st round, about 1. x 1. in. Tlii.s i.s 

 the .second case of the kind in my ex- 

 perience. I have one e^g in nij' collec- 

 tion which I procured several years 

 ago, from the inside of another egg, 

 whicli is aljout the size of a buek shot, 

 and as round. The two, wiru-h I now 

 have in my collection, and one other, 

 are the onlj' instances of the kind of 

 Avhich I have ever heard. It eclipses, 

 double yolk and runt eggs. I wouhl 

 like to hear from collectors and observ- 

 ors whether this peculiar formation has 

 been noticed Ij}' others V 



busii, three feet from the ground; is 

 like the Wilson's Thrnsli. 



i. Tlie Kul)V-throated Hununing- 

 bird is the only Hummingbird found m 

 iSIevv York State. 



3. Your nest similar to that of the 

 American (ioidtinch, the eggs being 

 al)out .()'.» x .')0. wliite tinged with l)lue, 

 spottetl and blotched with l)rown aiul 

 lavender; may be that of the Yellow 

 Warbler. 



Our Question Box. 



C lerles to be answered In the.se columns should 

 be written on a oosUU or slip or paper— iievei- mix 

 them In your lotter \viien wiiiiug about o her 

 matters. 



M. H., Warren Heights, O.— Y^nir 

 bird with black head, back, breast and 

 beak; black wings with white on terti- 

 ary quills and primaries; having white 

 in the outer webs of the outer tail 

 feathers, reddish-broAvn or chestnut on 

 the sides under the wings, and red iris; 

 is the Chewink or Towhee. 



C. H. M., Pittstield, Me.— 1. Your 

 covered nest of grass and hair found on 

 the ground, with wiiite eggs spotted 

 with red and lilac, th(^ bird being olive- 

 broAVU with white-streaked breast and 

 golden crown, is tloubtle-ss the Golden- 

 crowned Thrush or Oven-Bird. 



3. The "books" say that tlie Hud- 

 s<mian Chickadee breeds from North- 

 ern New England northward. Does 

 anyone know of its bi'eeding in Maine? 



3. Davies' says the White-bellied 

 Nuthatch not infrequently raises two 

 l)roods in a season. He says the same 

 thing in regard to some of the Chicka- 

 dees and Titmice. 



G. A., Intervale, N. H.— Your de- 

 scription of a bird six inches long, 

 with black head and breast, slaty back 

 and wings, and abdomen white; re- 

 minds us of the Slate-Colored Junco. 



M. Van W., Gretna, N. Y.—l. Your 

 bird seven inches long, light-brown 

 above and white tinged wilh buti' 

 Ijcneath, with brown-spotted breast, 

 laying four blue eggs; nest in a berry 



A. D., West Point, Miss.— A mere de- 

 scription of an egg, without any infor- 

 mation concerning either the nest or 

 bird, is never sufficient data to name 

 the owner. Consequently we cannot 

 a.i.-^wer your queries. 



F. S. W., Taftsville, Vt.— Your small 

 Woodpecker, spotted and striped with 

 black and white, is the Downj- Wood- 

 pecker. The one similar in plumage 

 but larger in size is the Hairy Wo(k1- 

 pecker. 



L. B., Raleigh, N. C— 1. Cannot tell 

 from your description. 



2. Y'our nest may be of the Yellow 

 Warbler. The Carolina Chickadee 

 nests in holes in trees. 



3. The nest of the Carolina Wren is 

 a coarse structure made of strips of 

 corn-stalks, grasses, haj' and leaves, 

 with an intermixture of the silk of 

 corn; the lining is of chicken feathers, 

 tine, dry grasses, and horse hair. It is 

 placed in holes in trees, or in wood- 

 piles, and in low bushes; sometimes in 

 the nook or corner of a barn; occasion- 

 ally in bii'd-boxes; often under an ac- 

 cumulation of brush-wood. Sometimes 

 the nests arc arched over or dome- 

 shaped, the opening being only large 

 enough to admit the bird. 



W. E. A., Ben.son, Vt.— 1. The de- 

 scription you give will apply very accu- 

 rately to any number of difl'erent birds. 



2. and 3. See answer to A. I)'s query 

 in this column. 



O. M. S., Whitewater, Wis. .says:— "I 

 should like to ask of those who.se exper- 

 ience in taxidermy has been greater 

 than mine, what they do to rid the skin 

 of the vermin with which they abound? 

 I di.slikc them much." Who will tell 

 him ? 



